A government agency that failed to provide running water to a town in Puerto Rico for most of the last eight years may have violated the U.S. Constitution, the First Circuit ruled Friday. … The case appears to be the first of its kind in the country, though the Sixth Circuit in 2019 found a potential constitutional violation in Flint, Michigan’s distribution of contaminated water. A federal judge in Puerto Rico dismissed Morovis’ suit, ruling the outages didn’t “shock the conscience,” as required for a due process violation. But on appeal, U.S. Circuit Judge Julie Rikelman said PRASA’s alleged deliberate indifference could meet that standard.